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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Filbert \Fil"bert\, n. [Perh. fr fill + bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St Philibert, whose day Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.] (Bot.) The fruit of the {Corylus Avellana} or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. {Filbert gall} (Zo["o]l.), a gall resembling a filbert in form growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly ({Cecidomyia}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: filbert n 1: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn: {cobnut}, {Corylus avellana}, {Corylus avellana grandis}] 2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: {hazelnut}, {cobnut}, {cob}]
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